Bill > HB1851

This bill amends Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to further provide for sentences for offenses committed with firearms and sentences for persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell, or transfer firearms. The key provisions include: 1) Requiring a minimum sentence of at least 5 years of total confinement for persons convicted of a crime of violence who possessed a firearm during the commission of the offense, regardless of whether the firearm was loaded or functional. 2) Establishing that any provision requiring a mandatory minimum sentence shall constitute an element of the underlying offense that must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. 3) Allowing the Commonwealth to appeal if a sentencing court imposes a sentence below the mandatory minimum. 4) Creating a new section to provide mandatory minimum sentences for persons convicted of possessing, using, manufacturing, controlling, selling, or transferring firearms as a result of certain felony convictions.

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